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Name: Hanako (means flower child) Maki
Age: Eighteen
Family:
Father: Aiko Maki (Deaceased: aged 43)
Mother: Seika Maki ( Deceased: aged 45)
Brothers: Unknown (Deceased: aged 17) Oki Maki ( Deceased: aged 10) Ran Maki (Deceased: aged 10)
Sisters: Nari Maki (Deceased: aged 16) Rei Maki (Deceased: Aged 12) Maaya Maki (Whereabouts unkown: Aged 20)
Village: Unknown
Hair colour: Ginger
Eye colour: Green
Personality: Curious, helpful, finds it difficult to trust people. Will protect those close to her with her life; suffers from strange, constant flashbacks.
Appearance: Hanako is of average height; was once chubby with puppy fat but the life of a pauper soon starved her skinny. She has freckles dotted across her nose, crooked teeth, but very beautiful eyes. Her hair is waist length, curly and normally messy. Like Kakashi, she wears a mask, but she does not know why. Upon waking up in Konoha, she finds herself with a mask, so takes this as her identity and continues to wear it. Hanako refuses to take the mask off, until she finds someone who she can completely trust. Once she has found that person, she believes she can remove the mask and then seek her revenge.
Her story/history: Grew up in a small, humble home. It had very little furnishings, and the children would all have to squeeze on the same mattress. Her father was killed when she was three, trying to protect her family from the visiting Akatsuki who wished to harness the secrets of the family's secret weapon. (Hanako is yet to find out what this secret weapon is) A few years after the attack on their home, and father, the children's mother became withdrawn and ill. As she was very ill, Hanako's eldest sister (aged 16) called Maaya took up the role of mother; she fed, bathed and cared for the youngest, only seeking help when she got ill. Hanako's eldest brother, also aged 16, took up the role of family protector, until he was killed in a fire at the age of seventeen. After his death, their mother refused to eat and later died from starvation. These were strained times for Maaya, now aged seventeen, and sister Nari, aged fifteen, as both girls were forced to look after the remaining youngsters.
None of the remaining children knew that the Akatsuki would return to take them away, in hope of finding the one with the secret power. The secret power that the Maki family possess is that of the ability to grow, and manipulate, plants. That Akatsuki at the time thought this would be a wonderful addition to the gang, and were even more convinced so when an elderly woman prophesied that one of the children would possess a power so great, that it could destroy a single village in one go. Of course, this ultimate power does have its consequences and those are that the ninja may collapse, or even die from exhaustion. (However, this was a tale spun from the mind of a mad old woman. We are yet to find out whether or not it is the truth)
Hanako is eighteen when the Akatsuki finally attack; they have been building up to it for quite some time and when they believe the moment is right, and the family is at its weakest, they strike. During the time of this attack, it is the anniversary of their father's death, so of course the children are saddened on that day, and seem withdrawn. The youngest child, now aged seven, was born with weak vision, so does not see Itachi coming for her. She was in their room, lying on the mattress with a terrible stomach ache, when a blurred vision appeared, poor little Rei is eliminated by Itachi, which is what he initially planned to do if a child is not the one they are looking for. Three other children are eliminated; Nari and the two remaining boys, Oki and Ran. Maaya, knowing that she and Hanako are at risk, flees with her remaining sibling.
Maaya and Hanako travel safely to the leaf town of Konoha. At this point, Maaya says she can go no further, feeds her sister a special elixir and then flees to the safety of another town. Hanako is found unconscious by Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke outside the gates of Konoha. Once she awakes, she no longer remembers where she came from but, with the help of Naruto, she manages to remember her first name.
